Gallery: Inside America's glittering football palaces

Brian Davies, AP09.12.2013

Members of the media tour the 25,000-square-foot weight room of the Oregon Football Performance Center on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore. The room is one of the largest college weight rooms in the country and features a 40-yard indoor sprinting track.

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The main room of Alabama’s new strength and conditioning facility is shown at the Mal Moore Athletic Facility at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.VASHA HUNT
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Jack Wagner, a senior swimmer, works out in the weight room at John McKay Center, an athletic facility on the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles.Jae C. Hong
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The office of Ohio State head football coach Urban Meyer at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio.Jay LaPrete
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A lit-up script A is a feature of a walkway during a tour of the football locker-room facility at the Mal Moore Athletic Facility at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.VASHA HUNT
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The Oregon Duck players lounge sports flat-screen television monitors and video game consoles overlooking a pair of full-size practice fields at the new Oregon Football Performance Center on the University of Oregon campus in Eugene, Ore. From Alabama to Oregon, opulent football operations buildings that cost millions have gone up on campuses all over the country.Brian Davies
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Alabama trophies from numerous championship years are displayed in the Hall of Champions at the Mal Moore Athletic Facility in Tuscaloosa, Ala. Call them football palaces, and no college football program can call itself big-time without one that will leave recruits wide-eyed.VASHA HUNT
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The taping area is seen at the John McKay Center, an athletic facility on the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles.Jae C. Hong
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The indoor football practice facility at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Okla. Call them football palaces, and no college football program can call itself big-time without one that will leave recruits wide-eyed.Sue Ogrocki
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A student athlete works out on the indoor practice field at the John McKay Center, an athletic facility on the University of Southern California campus in Los Angeles.Jae C. Hong
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Two storeys of glass windows in the recruiting lounge overlook the field at the newly renovated Husky Stadium on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle. Call them football palaces, and no college football program can call itself big-time without one that will leave recruits wide-eyed.Elaine Thompson
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Players work out on weights at the newly renovated Husky Stadium on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle. With weight rooms as big as football fields, more flat screen TVs than a Best Buy and enough leather furniture to fill Trump Plaza, players have no reason to go back to the dorms.Elaine Thompson
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Ohio State football players train in the strength and conditioning room at the Woody Hayes Athletic Center at Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. With weight rooms as big as football fields, more flat screen TVs than a Best Buy and enough leather furniture to fill Trump Plaza, players have no reason to go back to the dorms.Jay LaPrete
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The Captain’s Lounge, featuring pool tables, huge TV screens, couches and more games, with a long wall mural of past football greats, is shown during a tour of the locker-room facility at the Mal Moore Athletic Facility at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.VASHA HUNT
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The Oklahoma State University football locker room in Stillwater, Okla.Sue Ogrocki
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Padded chairs line a meeting room for offensive players in the football operations center at the newly renovated Husky Stadium on the campus of the University of Washington in Seattle.Elaine Thompson
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